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Table 2 Clinical features and diagnostic yield of the patients who underwent CSF neurotransmitter measurements including the inherited neurotransmitter and non-neurotransmitter disorders

From: Prevalence of inherited neurotransmitter disorders in patients with movement disorders and epilepsy: a retrospective cohort study

Category of clinical features

Patient number (percent)

Patient number for inherited neurotransmitter disorders

Patient number for non-neurotransmitter disorders

Movement disorder and/or GDD

38 (25%)

2 patients

1 patient

GDD and movement disorder and epilepsy

18 (12%)

None

4 patients

GDD and epilepsy

66 (44%)

2 patients

7 patients

GDD and hypotonia

26 (17.5%)

None

2 patients

Newborn screening positive for PKU

2 (1.5%)

2 patients

None

  1. Abbreviations: GDD global developmental delay, PKU phenylketonuria.